Spring Magnolia Wedding Invitations

Now that the trees have finally started blooming here — from the magnolias to the dogwoods to the cherry blossom trees — I haven’t been able to get these magnolia wedding invitations that Sarah posted a while back out of my head:

Spring-Magnolia-Wedding-Peach-Grey-Invitation
Spring-Magnolia-Southern-Wedding-Invitation
Spring-Magnolia-Letterpress-Wedding-Invitation

With magnolias illustrated by Jen from Swallofield, Sarah created these invitations for an upcoming wedding in South Carolina.  I love the color combination of peach and light gray, not to mention the blind debossed magnolias on the main invitation.  So pretty!

{image credits: parrott design studio}

{happy weekend!}

Whew… today has really gotten away from me!  But happily it's Friday, so the fact that I seem to be operating on a 2-hour delay today doesn't really bother me.  Hooray weekend!  But in the meantime…

Wedding-inspiration

…a few links for your weekend reading enjoyment:

That's it for me this week!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  See you again on Monday!

{image credits: t&h photography via grey likes weddings}

Today I Love: Wedding Inspiration from Urban Wed

…all the gorgeous details from the Urban Wed event earlier this week:

Urban-wed-chalkboard-seating-global-stamps
Urban-wed-moss-silhouettes
Urban-wed-cameras-calligraphy
Urban-wed-photograph-table-runner
Urban-wed-rubber-stamp-books
Urban-wed-table-centerpiece
Urban-wed-paper-cup-pins{photos above by jen huang photography}

 Urban-wed-paper-cup-invitations
Urban-wed-paper-cup-invitations2{photos by jenny ebert photography}

From the invitations (Paper + Cup) to the calligraphy (Paperfinger) to the amazing vintage photograph table runner and centerpieces (by Hatch Creative Studio), Vané pulled together an amazing group of vendors for a beautiful show.  I wish I could have been there in person!  I’m sure Vané will be doing a more extensive review of the show on Brooklyn Bride and the Urban Wed blog, but in the meantime you can read about the experience on Ruffled, Papertastebuds, and Paper + Cup.

{image credits: top photos by jen huang photography, bottom two photos by jenny ebert photography via paper + cup}

Business Card Ideas and Inspiration #2

I'm overdue for new business cards, so I've been looking around for layout ideas.  Last year, I went with a one-sided horizontal layout, but this year I'm thinking I'd like to mix things up a bit.  I really love the vertical layout of these business cards from Second World Design Collaborative and Papered Together:

Vertical-letterpress-business-cards{via FPO}

Vertical-letterpress-business-card{via vandelay design}

I also really like the idea of double-sided business cards, like these from Ink + Wit (printed by Boxcar Press) and Thinktopia (printed by Studio on Fire):

Ink-wit-double-sided-letterpress-business-cards{via ink + wit}

Double-sided-letterpress-business-cards{via beast pieces}

I've got a few more business card photos over on my tumblr page.  I'm thinking about a combination of vertical and horizontal layouts on double-sided cards.  I'll be sure to share photos a bit later on!

UPDATE: So I just saw that Sarah from Parrott Design Studio also recently printed new letterpress business cards for herself, using her new calligraphy logo by Grace Edmands – and I'm in love.  Such a gorgeous card, from the vertical layout, to the calligraphy, to the floral border at the top:

Calligraphy-business-collateral

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{images from their respective sources}